All shareholder voting articles
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NewsMN to support Follow This resolution at Shell AGM
MN’s main explanation for its voting intention is that Shell’s 20-30% liquefied natural gas growth doesn’t align with the Paris Climate Agreement
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NewsEthos finds shortfalls in Nestlé’s sustainability report
The company is failing to disclose sufficient detail in particular on Scope 3 emissions
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NewsEthos calls on asset managers to toughen stance on sustainability at AGMs
Asset managers’ votes on sustainability-related items on AGM agendas continue to diverge from the preferences of asset owners
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Opinion PiecesHow effective is your shareholder voting strategy?
F Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that “the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function”.
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AnalysisCorporate governance battlegrounds at this year’s AGM season
Shareholders will use board elections to express their opinions on environmental issues
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NewsItalian schemes plan shareholder activism platform with Frontis Governance
Approximately 14 pension funds with assets under management of around €27bn are taking part in the project
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NewsPLSA streamlines stewardship and voting guidelines
The guidelines feature five themes: social factors, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, biodiversity and dual-class asset structures
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NewsAsset managers’ backing of ESG resolutions falls to three-year low
ShareAction is urging asset managers to rethink voting policies seen during the last AGM season
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NewsBorder to Coast votes against 95% chair re-elections in oil and gas companies
This is up from 31% in 2022, following an updated voting policy for the oil and gas sector
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NewsEthos reviews voting guidelines for sustainability and climate disclosures
Swiss listed companies will have to submit sustainability reports to shareholders vote from next year.
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NewsInvestor group calls for climate vote at high-emitting companies
Investors including LAPFF, CCLA Investment Management and Ethos Foundation write to FTSE companies in high-risk sectors seeking AGM vote on climate transition plans
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NewsSmart Pension seeds new split voting low carbon fund with £550m
New fund is first using service unveiled by AMX and DWS last year
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NewsCamden scheme uses Tumelo’s pass-through voting solution
The fund will now be able to direct their vote on include CEO remuneration and climate concerns
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Country ReportFrance moves ahead with innovative climate reporting rules
A new French law could compel companies to disclose their climate plans
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NewsFrance’s lower house votes for mandatory Say on Climate
FIR, a French sustainable investment lobby group, says that only nine companies published climate resolutions so far out of 795 on the Euronext Paris stock exchange
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NewsFCA seeks feedback on plans to make investors explain voting decisions
Asset owners are not receiving sufficient information regarding the reason that asset managers had cast votes a particular way
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NewsFirms think fund managers are better qualified to vote than stewardship teams
The FRC prepares to review the UK Steward Code and other regulatory tools later this year
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NewsCorporate governance: Investors rethinking Say on Climate votes
To prevent investors from being overloaded, the French SIF has begun evaluating every Say on Climate proposal in France
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NewsUK roundup: Church of England supports climate change resolution at Toyota AGM
Plus: Avon fund invests £700m in climate-focused assets; Aegon scheme completes buy-in deal; Teachers’ Pension Scheme picks admin
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NewsCorporate governance: Voting for stronger rules
‘Stewardship codes weren’t developed to save the planet,’ says Dionysia Katelouzou of King’s College London
